Journey - VH1 Behind The Music 2001 COMPLETE

[@javajuls2u]

I don't really care about all the drama, I just really like the music. And when I was young it was fun to watch Perry strut around on stage as he was very Dynamic and had a lot of charisma along with his voice you just don't see that but once in a lifetime as far as I'm concerned

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Wholeheartedly agree, thanks!

[@wojopf88a]

@@javajuls2u TRACES MY FRIEND! HOPEFULLY A TRACES 2 ALBUM THAT MIGHT BE CALL SOMETHING ELSE!

[@wojopf88a]

They should have stopped calling themselves journey before trial by fire!

[@wojopf88a]

So they should keep paying the man! Who is laughing to the bank!

[@javajuls2u]

@user-xk5bk5hn5v yup. Without him from 78 to 86., and on the trial by fire album, they would have stayed a Bay Area band for a while, change their name again we would have never heard most of the songs that were so hot back in those days

[@valeriaribeirodeoliveira8467]

I love Steve Perry ❤

[@warptek]

Besides having the most iconic recognizable voice in rock music, Steve Perry had this other extraordinary gift. He was able to identify melodies that would would turn into hit songs. John Waite obviously blew it when he heard the opening to Open Arms. Steve heard it and immediately saw a hit song.

[@TracyGarner-mf2uf]

It takes every member to be successful but, without Steves vocals I'm not sure they would have been so very very huge.😊✌️👍

[@mariedelgado1613]

To me journey isn’t journey without the voice Steve Perry love ❤️ and miss Steve 💯💯❤️❤️

[@kathydigi3537]

@@mariedelgado1613 well I am going to see them July 10 th so I will let you know

[@Mike-01234]

@@kathydigi3537 Perry says he's going to tour maybe that would be something to see. He did a radio interview few years ago he said if he did tour he will perform the Journey songs. IMO rather see him do that then the band play can get anyone to play those songs it's the voice that matters in this case.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

With all the egos, to get all that music from them was a blessing. They mean a lot to so many

[@valeriehutson7422]

Steve Perry was Journey just like Freddie was Queen. There are NO fillins qualified to take their place on the stage, ever!!!! ❤❤❤

[@scottyj946]

As Lou Gramm was Foreigner.

[@brettjames7996]

Love his voice best in the world

[@hilarylaw8415]

Absolutely love Steve! Im so sorry!!

[@terriroman6136]

Steve Perry's iconic angelic voice forever will be Journey ❤❤❤❤. Steve Perry forever ♥️ ❤️ 💙 😍 💕 💗 ♥️ ❤️

[@hilarylaw8415]

I love Steve Perry!

[@trixlee5102]

Well, in retrospect I think Steve Perry was proven right in his sentiments that he didn't feel like he was really part of the band. I can understand his feelings there, and it would be even reinforced after the other band members made the decision to drop him and move on. In fact Neal, himself, stated that there was a band before Steve Perry. In Steve's mind, to some extent, he probably always felt like the new guy, even if he was instrumental in running things for a period of time.

[@valeriehutson7422]

it wasn't a rock band. and it wasn't going anywhere at all.

[@Mike-01234]

Also been proven that Journey hasn't had a hit song since Perry left.

[@giniclougher4547]

Journey would have never survived had it not been for Steve Perry. He brought the music into our living rooms through the radio.

[@danapekarchick906]

Neil was always jealous of Steve's talent and it so very evident on several of their concert DVDs!

[@Mike-01234]

I think it's easy to say Steve Perry was the real talent in song writing, but if that were true where has be been all these years. The band together with Perry had a magic neither side could replicate on their own. I would also bet that being famous for Perry wore him down being hassled all the time by people. Lose that freedom to just be a normal regular person end up isolating. Seemed like he just gave up on music after 2000 his come back in 2021-22 I think was for the fans I think he done with music.

[@carincook4243]

Love Steve Perry!!

[@ronstewart6362]

Being in bands my whole life ( Not Nearly at this level) i understand the dynamics between band mates. Its a brotherhood. Anybody who has brothers know its Not Always good. You Love your bro but you mostly want to one up them or kill them! Jealousy sets in Always on the front man! They get All the attention. Being a bass player i Never wanted the spotlight but you cant help but envy it at times. Anyway i dont understand why they haven't gotten back to do a farewell. Unless Steve cant sing anymore. Then its understandable and i cant imagine age helps Such a Powerful Voice!! We always have the songs!!! Thank you Steve, Neil and the boys!! 🎸

[@debbieminton9589]

Steve CAN still sing 🎶 ... when he wants to !! ... always the VOICE and forever the G.O.A.T. !!!

[@kenneth8077]

Steve is Journey but take away Neil & the impact is tremendously reduced. Aside from Steve P. these guys are all masterful musicians! If it were all Steve Perry he would have becone world famous sooner than having to first link up with Journey before people got to really appreciate his voice and the high emotion he pushed it out with. I get exhausted watching Steve perform. Steve Smith's drumming alone is from another dimension!

[@jeannettecampbell3062]

RIP my dear friend Dee, she loved Steve Perry.

[@sherriesandiford11]

Enjoyed this so much!! Journey fan forever !! ❤️

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LifeByJordan]

john waite 'didn't get' the slow stuff with 'open arms'. I see by the time 'missing you' came around, he figured it out.

[@wojopf88a]

The man knew how to work!

[@jt9994]

Arniel is sound alike but he does not have the full range Steve had, also he jumps around the stage which might help explain why he is not Steve perry

[@chloeflowers-3967]

All I know is that I've missed Steve Perry forever

[@michaelleese1641]

thanks for reposting this!

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Happy to share!

[@mr.timebombman2230]

I preferred their 70's stuff. Still talented band in any era though.

[@roxannemoser]

I did too. Gregg Rolie era was my favorite.

[@wojopf88a]

Neil should have begun calling it something else from arrival onwards!

[@WarriorMigs24]

Steve Perry is Journey and Journey is Steve Perry

[@Fearzero]

Journey existed before him and after him.

[@ptlatham7488]

@@Fearzero It wasn't Journey yet, they were about to be fired from the tours-The name Journey came when Steve joined the band, wrote/sang the hit songs, songs the band is known for. Go back and listen!

[@Fearzero]

@@ptlatham7488 WRONG! They were Journey 3 albums before Perry joined ya dope lol. Rollie sang lead vocals.

[@matteoedwardes2876]

@@ptlatham7488well that is wrong BUT they had no success until Steve and I’ll say that I did like Rolie with the band but who knew Cain would make better use of Steve’s voice!

[@roxannemoser]

​@@matteoedwardes2876 Cain is an 😈 entity. Call it a conspiracy theory if you want, but he is. You'll have to research him.

[@damiensky4259]

When Perry left Journey he was given a contract that was paying huge for years after !!

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

And you know this how?

[@damiensky4259]

@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ "According to the outlet, Perry received "a sum total of 50 percent of the net income due Schon or Cain, whichever is higher, from the first two post-Perry Journey albums." He was reportedly also slated to rake in 25 percent of the income from Journey's third album sans Perry, and 12.5 percent of the income from each Journey LP thereafter. Arrangements were reportedly put in place to pay Perry a slice of the "net income" from Journey's tours, which encompassed "tour merchandise, tour sponsorship income and any tour support payments." Anything else ?

[@damiensky4259]

@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ You always been a clown ? "Court documents show that Journey were required to pay their former singer a sum total of 50 percent of the net income due Schon or Cain, whichever is higher, from the first two post-Perry Journey albums. Perry was then to receive 25 percent of the same net income from their third studio project without him, and 12.5 percent from every Journey album that follows. All of those figures were calculated after expenses. Journey have released four albums and an EP since Perry left. The first two studio LPs and EP featured initial replacement Steve Augeri; Arnel Pineda sings on the most recent pair of albums. Perry made a similar deal on revenue from Journey's live dates. He was to receive 50 percent of net income from their first two tours after their split, 25 percent from the third tour and then 12.5 percent from every subsequent tour. Net income, the document reminds, again "shall mean Schon or Cain's share, whichever is greater, of all revenues earned" - including "tour merchandise, tour sponsorship income and any tour support payments." Expenses can again be deducted, "excluding any salaries paid to Schon, Cain or any other member of the new Journey." Perry is also entitled to the same percentages of "miscellaneous income" not specifically covered by the album and touring agreements. In all cases, there was a floor on how little Journey could claim as net income. "Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing," the filing says, "in no event shall the net income be less than 20 percent of the total amount earned." At the same time, "Perry shall not be responsible for any losses in connection with the new Journey entity.""

[@ptlatham7488]

@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ The court case is online - where Jon & Neal sued Steve to sever their 3-man contract, equally owning 'Journey' - basically kicking him out of his own band. Since they had to have the Journey music to tour as Journey, the settlement was that the band pays Steve so much each time they perform his music. This is why Steve will never speak to, go back to NS! NS wanted the run the band all along! Steve begged them, Don't crack the stone, (do too much that they all couldn't get back together or hurt the brand Journey) but they did!

[@ptlatham7488]

@@damiensky4259 Where did you get those numbers? Those amounts are way too high!

[@Sighlense]

One more time before we all die, please. You blink, and it's sold out.

[@eaeliude5946]

Independente de qualquer coisa Steve Perry é , sempre foi e sempre será a estrela e o sucesso dessa banda, insubstituível em tudo.

[@wojopf88a]

I go to sleep listening to open arms! Take a break Neil!!!!!!

[@wojopf88a]

On this comment, what did I actually say about SCHON?! Something I can't say on utube!

[@Mike-01234]

I bet they never thought after all these years losing Steve Perry would end any new hits from the band.

[@jackielight6908]

Jealousy is what happened and drugs they can't even admit the truth of what happened they let their egos get in the way

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

I was 18. She was 27, married to a cop, and I had their two kids in my swim lesson class at the YMCA. We hit it off. (He worked nights) She drove her red T top Trans Am to Bloomington to go with me to the Journey 'Escape' tour. We drove around town with both tops down. We had the time of our lives that summer (Stone in Love)! He found out, threatened to kill me, they got divorced and she married a coworker that had a life to offer. By my sophomore year I had a new girlfriend. Good times! The sound track of my life, sad that today's kids don't get that experience.

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Wow, thanks so much for sharing something so special and personal to you and this music, cheers!

[@RockFan89]

Neal had some cool parents to let him join a band at 15. LOL I think Rick Allen was 15 too when he joined Def leppard

[@AarosConcerts]

This is when VH1 was awesome! Do you happen to have the commercial on vh1 for That 70’s KISS show from 2002? I can’t find it anywhere

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

I don't have it, sorry! Thanks for watching, there's KISS videos in the channel though (playlist coming soon!)

[@ciadella1971]

I used to watch VH1 all the time. But, nothing lasts.

[@peggygillespie4502]

Wish Steve had never said that, free speech, but took something away!

[@wojopf88a]

And that is what made that song so great! Strictly paino!

[@wojopf88a]

Surprised that song didn't make no.1 !i bought serveral copies for family and friends!

[@MrRjstruve]

Steve Perry is a writer and vocalist. No voice lasts forever….💕💕

[@rebecca75588]

The combination was Steve & Neal (you guys keep spelling it wrong) and then when you try and change that there is'nt the same magic.steve was drumming in a Porterville band before Journey so this pushed him to stardom seems was overwhelming for him.Neal I give props to because he is continuing the Journey legacy but I think Steve Perry should have gone on to tour w the Trial by Fire eventually but then again the frontiers tour could never be duplicated it was one of a kind.Augeri and Castronovo were good replacements I never saw Journey but once w Arnel &it was not anything like seeing the way the band was in the early days Arnel does a decent job though

[@ptlatham7488]

Agree! But it was also Steve's song writing/producing that made them famous. (Song Writers Hall of Fame + R&R Hall of Fame) Although when John BonJovi named Perry "The Voice", and it stuck - to this day, didn't hurt. Few have that 7+ octave voice!

[@wojopf88a]

Steve should do 1 album of old journey hits! I know, prevented by copyright! Too bad! Most journey hits would be hits again for him or anyone else!

[@jeanwelsh6128]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelbelmes8612]

4:30 - 7:50 when Journey was good

[@kimleone5496]

I have fond memories of these days, but I guess I can understand how so much touring could be a drag. I guess I don't understand why the group is still touring --- life is so short and I wonder why they aren't sitting back and enjoying retirement and time with their families. When is there enough money?

[@butchieblock9118]

Apparently NEVER enough $$, according to Neal, of course this is just my opinion!

[@margotconway8605]

A ton of bands break up or musicians leave a band due to so many egos in one place and everything just combusts. It's a lot like a marriage and it isn't easy. A marriage is 2 people and a bands more than that. I'm sure there were a lot of other " head games" going on here besides their egos. We're just lucky we got to see them in their prime. I love Steve Perry but I'm disappointed in him saying that he never felt part of the band. For s bit it looks like he was running things and fired a couple of guys. We're all only human and shit happens. Just have to celebrate the good times

[@wojopf88a]

If you kept the reins, Neil, you and your band would never have came close to top 40!

[@Fearzero]

Perry is tiny. 5 foot 6. Big voice tho.

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Amazing voice, cheers!

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

And this is important how?

[@Scottocaster6668]

Prince was 5'-2" WITH heels.

[@Fearzero]

@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ To irritate short people like you.

[@kathydigi3537]

@@Fearzero 5’7”

[@wojopf88a]

And MOM RIGHTLY SAID"NO! GO FOR YOUR DREAMS!

[@wojopf88a]

13 songs in 2 weeks? I think it was faster than THAT some might have been old rejects! Reelevated!

[@octoman511]

DO YOU HAVE THE RICK JAMES AND BOB MARLEY EPISODES?

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

I don't, sorry! Hope youy enjoy the channel!

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CAPS UNLOCK KEY IS? Get a GED.

[@wojopf88a]

I also wasn't that big on Herbie Herbert!

[@wojopf88a]

The best thing NEIL, TAKE A LONG BREAK AND NAP! ( Dirt)?

[@broeheemed32]

I can sum it up for you: Journey made some albums and got nowhere until Steve Perry Joined. Then they became very successful, until Greg Rolie quit and they brought in Jonathan Cain, who turned the band away from rock and turned them into a vibrator music ballad band. Then they were done..... or may as well have been. The end.

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Interesting... thanks!

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

No. Then they found the formula and blew up to be the biggest band in the world. Wake up.

[@lj197847]

1:00

[@tw5139]

Journey is nothing but REO Speedwagon without Steve Perry. A one in a billion voice.

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

Neal Schon deserves much credit though :)

[@wojopf88a]

Hammer and swaffard! Should have been the end of journey! Neil and Steve might still be fake friends!

[@250txc]

These people are so full of themselves ..LOL

[@MetalPersonJ]

Steve is pretty delusional if he thinks he was never a member of the band after firing a rhythm section. I can kinda see why people can't stand this guy, talented as he is.

[@wojopf88a]

Too bad neil couldn't have been fired!

[@giniclougher4547]

@@wojopf88a I feel that way to this day! He's a nasty narcissist.

[@wojopf88a]

One album= destroyed voice!

[@mitchbrady5196]

??? More details

[@wojopf88a]

More details? Steve Aguirre's voice was shot by the end of the arrival tour! And he was done with the band journey!

[@wojopf88a]

No coming back? I know that? Put your 3 egos aside and do the 50 anniversary tour!

[@wojopf88a]

So were YOU STEVE AGUIRRE!!!! SUCCESS TO YOU AND EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO IMMATATE STEVE PERRY! BUT YOU ALL FAILED!

[@SusanScrapPassion]

I can understand Steve needing to take a break. But, to spend 20 years in “isolation” as he puts it just sounds crazy. Who does that? He did nothing productive. He says he just did nothing but rode his motorcycle. I would be furious if I was his band members.

[@wojopf88a]

@@SusanScrapPassion and I would have done exactly that JUST TO UPSET YOU OR THEM! GD WORKAHOLICS!!

[@softjones3128]

@@wojopf88ayou drunk?

[@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up]

Good band. Too many ballads

[@wojopf88a]

And 31:00 minutes in the biggest mistake in my opinion! One of the STUDIO MUSICIANS THAT BECAME AN AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE! DISGUSTING! WHY I GAVE AWAY ALL COPIES OF RAISED ON RADIO!

[@youtoo2233]

Fans suck up to Perry too much

[@Gilmourfan11]

For me me Steve Perry ruined the band. Besides finding his vocals waaay too nasally, he “tamed” Schon’s guitar playing as well as Rollie’s keyboard playing and silenced Rollie’s vocals. Greg was the best vocalist Journey ever had. Perry’s a crooner not a rock vocalist and his schmaltzy style declawed the original Journey. I get they became very popular with Perry but, they ceased being a rock band and became a pop band. I’ve often wondered what would have happened if they would've released a live album as their fourth one. From what I’ve heard they were a great live band in those early days and had no trouble attracting a crowd. A live album might just have captured the true heart and soul of the band, better than a studio album and kickstarted record sales without selling their musical souls. It worked for the Allman Brothers Band. Their first two studio albums produced lack luster sales. They then released their live At Filmore East and their popularity exploded. They also didn’t have a true “frontman” with Greg Allman providing the lead vocals from behind his keyboards.

[@sharkusvelarde]

Yup

[@wojopf88a]

@@Gilmourfan11 GOT A GOOD SOLUTION IF YOU LIVE IN CT.! EVERY SUMMER, AT A PLACE CALLED TOAD'S PLACE THE Gregg ROLLIE BAND PERFORMS! HE SOMETIMES ALSO HAS A PERRY IMPERSONATOR SO HE CAN DO A VERSION OF FEELIN THAT WAY!

[@paulbenson6016]

You would be finding those 5 albums in the discount bin and no where else and nothing new.

[@giniclougher4547]

@@Gilmourfan11 so, you wanted Journey to follow the same fate as Santana?? Greg's vocals were too weak for a rock band.

[@siberianhusky5874]

"Trial by Fire" sucked. One soft womanly ballad after another.

[@roxannemoser]

This is Gregg Rolie's and Neal Schon's band. When Steve turned it into an all love song band, I lost complete interest.

[@Sighlense]

They weren't even on the map until Perry took the mic. 🤡

[@roystonmason9125]

over rated

[@FitnessFactoryOutletQuakertown]

He can stick to this. Oh, it was scary story, but you don't have to look too hard at their albums. And they're touring videos to see that his voice was gone at the end of the frontiers. Album, and by the time they came back with. When youlove e a woman, it wasn't even the same singer. And he certainly couldn't pull off the old journey songs and he knew it

[@vhsmusicandmovies]

:o

[@wojopf88a]

And Neil couldn't take a break unless forced! Well, Perry forced him to fracture the friendship!

[@ptlatham7488]

@@wojopf88a Neal had to tour, due to his spending & 4 expensive marriages/divorces. Hopefully #5 will last after Journey!

[@wojopf88a]

@@ptlatham7488 DON'T THINK SO! WON'T BE NO AFTER JOURNEY! HE WIll probably die on stage! He plays like journey is a new band! And he doesn't take enough breaks! So the other band members burn out! The way he wants it!as a person, piece of dung!

[@kathydigi3537]

@@FitnessFactoryOutletQuakertown he still had an amazing voice with Trial by Fire . Also sounded well on his FTLOSM so what of it was a bit of a change . He was still better than most even the young ones .